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Patented Mar. 7; 1933' Win55 snares PAT T sonnnn BTTSDORF AND FRITZ LGFLUND, or oFrnnnAcn-on-rnn-Mmn. GER AN AS- I srenons T GENERAL ANILINE WORKS, nc, on NEW YORK, n. Y., aconronnrron 0F DELAWARE SUBSTITUTED AMINO-DIlPI-IENYLAMINE 1% Drawing. Application filed September 16, 1929, Serial No. 393,111, and in Germany October}, 1928.

The present invention relates to 4-aminodiphenyl-amines substituted in at least one of the positions 3 and 4 and to a process of preparing the same; more particularly it relates 5 to compounds of mula:

to act upon a nitroso compound of the follow ing general formula: 4

at least one of thehydrogen atoms X and Y being substituted by. a monovalentsubstitueat and reducing the condensation product thus formed.

represented by the following equation X and Y. having the above indicated signifiproduce substituted amino-diphenylamine' comp unds which could either not or only difiieultly be prepared by the hitherto known methods of working.

The products obtainable according to our herein described process are valuable intermediates for the manufacture of dyestufls.

5 Especially important compounds of this spend to the general formula the following general for-,

The probable course of the reaction may be i X X kind are those new compounds which correwherein Y means hydrogen, "chlorine or methyl and X -means chlorine, 'methyl or methoxy. 1 1

In order to further illustrateour invention the following examples are given; theparts being by Weight and all temperatures indi cated in centigrade degrees; but we wish it to be understood that we are not limited to the particular :products or reaction conditions mentioned therein.

. Eat-maze 1 141.5 parts of 4'-chloro l-nitroso-benzene and 121 parts of 2-I'nethyl-1-nitrosobenzene are dissolved while heating in about 1500 parts of glacial acetic acid and the solution FFHQE i is allowed to run at 5 into about 5400 parts of sulfuric acid of 66 'B.. When the condensation is finished the clear dark red solu-' tionis poured intoice-water,'the clear yellow precipitate isfiltered off and washed till he ing free from acid. This condensation product is dissolved in water and 130 parts of a caustic soda solution of. 38 B. and filtered from some residue. The dark red solution is mixed at 60 rwhile stirringwith a filtered aqueous solution of 860-400 parts of fused sodium sulfide. Then the temperature is slowly raised to .7 5. A light colored precipitate is graduallyformed. When the coloration of the liquor has completely disappeared the mass is cooled, filtered and the residue is well washed. The new chloroet-amino-iimethyl-diphenylamine of the formula:

Cl-NHNHFZ 1 g a Y at melts at 828 3 and yields with nitrite and a mineral acid a nitroso-d-ia'zo-compound.

Emample 2 A solution, of 43 parts of 4-chloro-1- nitroso-benzene and 4-1 parts of 2-methoxy-1- 'nitroso-benzene in about 450 parts of glacial acetic acid is allowed to drop at 05 during 2 hours into about 1600 parts of sulfuric acid of 66 B. Then the clear dark red solution is poured into ice-water. The yellow precipitate is filtered off and washed. The condensation product which melts when pure at about 144 is dissolved in 2000-3000 parts of a dilute caustic soda solution. The clear dark red solution filtered from some residue is mixed with an aqueous solution of 110 parts of fused sodium sulfide and the mass is warmed to 80 for half an hour, whereby I the reduction product precipitates in a solid state and the mother liquor becomes light colored. After the mass has been cooled down the precipitate is filtered, washed and dried. In this manner 4-chloro-4t-amino-3- methoxy-diphenylamine corresponding to the formula:

vO CH:

0 is obtained which melts at 9495.

The following table exhibits the melting points of some other compounds prepared in an analogous manner by starting from the ascribed nitroso compounds Nitroso- Nitrosolieu uuu Emu uuu Melting V substisubstipoint of thedi tuted in tuted in the conn laugh Formula thereof the para an orth densafirm a poiigonposggion product obtained c1 01 139-140 '60-61 Cl-ONH-O-NH:

on, on, 157158 73-74 CHa-O-NH-ONH:

on. 0011, 94-96 CHrO-NH-ONH: bCHa on. 01 11-72 OH O-NHONH c1 H 143 -71 CIONHONH;

on, H 135 116118 oHrONn-O-Nm H con; 153 s7- O-NHONH, bcHz n on, 142 70-71 ONHONHz l EH;

We claim': i i 1. As new compounds the substituted amino-diphenylamine derivatives corresponding to the general formula:

wherein X means chlorine, methyl or methoXy and Y means hydrogen, chlorine or methyl, which compounds are when dry colored crystallized substances, insoluble in water, having a definite melting point, capable of being diazotized whereby a nitrcsodiazo-compound may be formed.

2. As new compounds the chloro-aminod phenylamine derivatives corresponding to the general formula:

which compound is when dry a colored crystallized substance, insoluble in water, having a melting'point of 60 C. to 61 0., capable of being diazotized whereby a nitrosodiazocompound may be formed.

4. As a new compound, the diphenyl-amine derivative corresponding to the following formula:

which compound is when dry a colored crystallized substance, insoluble in water, having a melting point of 71 C. to 7 2 C., capable of Y being diazotized whereby a: nitrosodiazocompound may be formed.

5. As a new compound, the diphenyl-amine derivative corresponding to the following formula:

7 which compound is when dry a colored crystallized substance, insoluble in water, having a melting point of 87 C., capable of being diazotized whereby a nitrosodiazo-coinpound may be formed.

In testimony whereof, we afiix our signatures. i

JOI-IANN BUSDORF.

FRITZ LOFLUND. 

